News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-08
STOWE.

DR.. Stiles. of st. Johnsbury, was in
town Saturday.
Ella Adams has returned to the Nor
NAL school at johnson.
j. H. Bixby has returned and taken
charge of the high school.
Moses Perley, of Enosburgh, was the
guest of c. 2. Scribner last week.
Potatoes and oats prove to be light in
yield and medium only in quality.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parlin, of Natick, Mass,
are visiting at her mothers. Mrs. Shedd's
Hotel guests are lessening in number,
though new ones are occasionally arrlV-
ing.
The village schools opened on Monday
with 81 scholars in attendance. Others
are expected.
A large delegation of Masons went to
Eden on Friday to attend a district meet
ing of the order.
Frank Downer is clerking at Miles &
McMahon's. He is a good boy and wor-
thy of confidence.
F. o. Bashaw and wife had friends
from a distance stopping with them a
few days last week.
DR.. j. G. Hamilton, of Richford, a
member of the State Board of Health,
was in town last week.
Another excursion from Boston is said
to be billed for September, and will take
In Mt. Mansfield in its wake.
Asa Cakes left early this week for
Brooklyn, N. Y, where he is to pursue a
commercial course of study.
The numerous silos in town are now
being filled, the Bass ensilage cutter being
the machi principally in use.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. Whit
Harris has been very sick for a few days
with cholera infantum. At this writing
it seems a little better.
Quarterly meeting services were held
at the NJ. E. church last Sunday, Rev.
Mr.. Webster, of Waterbury Center. ad-
miniStering the service.
. DR.. Marshall ''desires through your
columns to request his friends, in cases
of sickness, to employ some other physi-
clan until further notice."
A number of our people have attended
the Spiritualist camp-meeting at Queen
City Park, and are earnest in their praise
of the place and the occasion.
The death of Michael Boult, aged IS
years, occurred on Wednesday of last
week, the funeral services taking place
on Thursday, Rev. Mr.. Anderson ~officiat-
ing.
play, "Hall-Hazzard." rendered on Fri
day and Saturday evenings for the bene-
fit of the drum corps. The play, after a
little, will bear repetition.
A. C. Slayton. wife and daughter EN-
ma leave for the west at an early day,
probably next week. Minneapolis will
be their objective point, for a few weeks
stay with their daughter, Mrs. Gates.
Selectmen Slayton and Wilkins went to
Bristol last week to look at a hearse that
they propose to buy for the use of the
town. They pronounce it of comely
make and much more inviting than the
one in present use.
The method recommended to boys to
relieve fields of w~oodchucks, is to get a
turtle of medium size and bore a hole in
the edge of the shell, to which hitch a
stout string. Place the turtle at the
mouth of the hole and it will go down in
pursuit of water. AS it goes in the ami
NAL comes out and then can be merciful-
ly killed. Tillage and pasture lands are
now greatly injured by the pests, and
those knowing say that they may be cas-
lily got rid of in this way.
An alarm of fire excited the people of
the village on Friday evening, and the is
sue of smoke at the west end soon
disclosed the fact that the store of II. S.
Atkins was ablaze, and if the flames were
not suddenly put out, would e%ndanger
numerous buildings near, if not the en-
tire village. The blaze was just bursting
through the roof as the people arrived,
having caught in the attic. A ready APP
pliance of the and a supply of water
soon eXtinguished the cause of excite
ment and allowed all to go home peace
full in mind. The ladies were quite as
earnest in their labors as the men, seiz-
ing pals and running at the first alarm.